Events around Roopt Matsumoto Chuo

This festival brings together soba noodle makers from all over Japan to Matsumoto Castle Park, where you can compare different types of handmade soba.

Not only Shinshu soba, but soba from various regions will be available. Since it's an outdoor event with a view of the castle, it's weather-dependent.

This is a night festival where Matsumoto Castle is entirely illuminated with light and ice during winter. Centered around projection mapping on the National Treasure main keep, the entire castle town area, including Daimyo-machi Street and Chitose Bridge, is adorned. Admission is free, and it's a highlight of winter that you can walk to from the accommodation for an evening stroll.

During the festival period (usually a weekend in late January), the "National Treasure Matsumoto Castle Ice Sculpture Festival" is also held, featuring works by ice sculptors from across Japan and a giant ice slide in Matsumoto Castle Park. The schedule for the 2026-27 season will be confirmed on the official website closer to the date, so please check before your visit.

This is one of Nagano's leading craft festivals, bringing together approximately 260 artisans from across Japan. Handmade items such as woodworking, pottery, glass, and textiles are displayed under the trees of Agata-no-Mori Park.

It's a weekend where you can experience "Matsumoto, the city of folk crafts and craftsmanship." The highlight is being able to talk directly with the artisans and choose your items. The dates are usually in late May, but please check the official website closer to the time.

This is the summer festival of Matsumoto Shrine, located just north of Matsumoto Castle. During the eve festival on the 10th, fireworks are launched behind Matsumoto Castle (directly behind it), illuminating the summer night sky with the National Treasure main keep in silhouette.

It's one of the few fireworks displays you can walk to from the accommodation. There are also food stalls, so you can enjoy the festival itself. The dates are fixed annually on July 10th and 11th, but the fireworks display may be decided at the last minute due to weather, so please check Matsumoto City's tourism information before your visit.

Groups from all over Japan gather to play taiko drums with the National Treasure main keep as a backdrop.

For the evening stage, the illuminated Matsumoto Castle itself becomes the background. It's an event that doesn't require language, making it easy to recommend to international guests.

This is the biggest festival of Matsumoto's summer. Tens of thousands of people dance with the same choreography along the city streets to the same song, "Matsumoto Bon Bon."

Groups (ren) form lines in matching yukata and proceed, making it a spectacular sight even just to watch. The dance is a simple repetition, so you can join in by imitating.

The venue stretches from the station to the castle area. The festival comes to you, within walking distance from the accommodation.

This is a summer fireworks festival with approximately 3,000 fireworks launched along the banks of the Susukigawa River, which flows through Matsumoto City.

It's a fireworks display relatively close to Matsumoto's accommodations, and you can sit by the river and look up. The dates are usually in early August, but please check the official website closer to the time.